"It crossed our minds early on that the……" — Norman Lear
"It crossed our minds early on that the more an audience cared - we were working before, on average, 240, live people. If you could get them caring - the more they cared, the harder they laughed."
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Norman Lear
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34 Quotes by Norman Lear
Norman Lear has 34 quotes on this site.
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Success is how you collect your minutes. You spend millions of minutes to reach one triumph, one moment, then you…
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It seems to me that any full grown, mature adult would have a desire to be responsible, to help where…
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That's the heart of it: My shows were not that controversial with the American people. They were controversial with the…
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Maybe they continued to agree with Archie Bunker - as I said earlier, you can't change people's minds, but you…
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The American people may not be the best-educated, but they're very wise at heart.
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The trafficking of sex and violence is comes after the demand for ratings.
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There was no real controversy with All In The Family. That came from the people on the business end.
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TV that people will never see, that giant international corporations will never touch, will never pay your salary.
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Granted, the writers, directors, producers, and that community make a great deal of money. But they might be choosing to…
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Success is how you collect your minutes.
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I think the greater responsibility, in terms of morality, is where leadership begins.
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But it also became the experience, or was the experience, of the writers who were attracted to this kind of…
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